Combined cigarette and match package



Aug. 24,1926. 1,597,402

J. COULSON, JR

COMBINED CIGARETTE AND MATCH PACKAGE Filed Sept 24. 1925 l 'package shown in Fig. 1;

' Patented' u 24, 1926. i

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Joan courson, .m, or unnroan, nn'ssacizusn'rrs,

. 1,597,402 FICE.

commune crcanm'rn Am) MATCH racnen.

Application flled September 24, 1925. Serial m. 58,322.

' This invention relates to the merchan dis ing of tobacco, cigarettes and matches 1 in packages. It'is a common practice to give 5 arettes', the match packages usually being dis-- There away paperpackagesiof matches with ci tributed for. advertising purposes. is, however, noway, so far as I am aware, of connecting the two packages without the use of a holder or container of some charac-' ter which isbulky and therefore objectionable. The resent invention aims to combine the two pac ages in a form convenient to use and economical to manufacture. While the invention will be herein disclosed particularly with reference to cigarette ackages, it is also applicable to tobacco pac ages of-the same general character, the two being equivalentsso far as this inventionis concerned. The nature of the invention will be readi- .ly understood from the following descrip- Jtion when'read in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the'novel features will be'particula'rly pointed out in the appended claims.

'- Referring. now to the drawings,

,Flgure 1 1s a perspective View of a combined cigarette. and match package embodying this invention;

' Fig. 2. is a front elevation of the cigarette Figs. 3 and 4 are top views of a modified form of cigarette package; and

Fig. 5'is a'front elevation of a combination package including the cigarette package sho'wn'in Fig. 3.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, a cigarette package of the ordinary commercial type is shown at 2. The wrapper of'this package includes a band '3 which is'almost as wide as the. package is long, the ends of this band being overlapped and secured together by an adhesive. The band 3 is further fastened to the main body of the package by the usual revenue stamp 4. The wrapper shown is provided with upper and lower slots 5 and 6, these slots being relatively narrow and spaced apart by a substantial distance but being in alinement with each other. They may be cut through the wrapper at either .the front -or back of the package. This forms ajstr-ip of wrapper between said slots,

' free from the main bodyof the package,'but with the ends of said strip secured to the other parts of the package.

The match package shown in Fig. 1 is of a common type and mcludes a flat bunch of matches supported by and enclosed in a folder 8 of relatively stifi aper or card board. The flap of this f0 der is inserted through the slots5and6 as clearly shown in Fig.1, so that the folder 8 and wra per 3 are interlocked with each other an they thus securely, fasten 'the two packages together. The packages may either be assembled 1n the-manner shown at the factor or they may be'distributed separately, an the user may secure them-together, as shown in Fig. 1.

' A slightly different arrangement is shown in Figs. 3 and 5, in which a strip or band of paper 9 is secured to the wrapper 3, the central portion of said strip being free from the rest of thepackage, but the ends only being .adhesively secured thereto. This additional band 9 performs the same functions as the portion of the wrapper between the slots 5 and 6 in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2. That is, the folder 8 of the .match package is slipped under the band or strlp 9, the band lying between the bunch of matches and the back part of the folder, and the folder is then closed as shown in Fig. 1.

If desired, the additional band 9 may comof the two packages without requiring the use of' aseparate holder or container for them, as has been necessary heretofore. The

arrangement shown is of particular utility as an advertising device,.wh1le at the same time contributing to the" convenience of the smoker.

Having thus described my I desire to claim as new is:

1-.Thecombination of a cigarette package including a wrapper and a paper strip subinvention, what stantiallyfree from the main body of the package, abunch of matches, and a cardoard folder enclosing and supporting said matches, a part of said folder being insertec under the strip and secured by said strip tc the main body of the package, said stri lying between said folder and said matches 2. The combination of a cigarette. package including a wrapper and a strip free from the main body of the package with opposite ends of said strip secured to the package,

5 and a match package comprising a folder of relatively stifi' paper enclosing a bunch of matches with the portion of said folder behind said matches lying undera section of said. strip and projecting above and below said section of the strip whereby said match 10 package is fastened tq said cigarette/package.

JOHN COULSON, JR. 

